Re: COMPETITION RECIPES 12/06 - 12/10

Okay,
This is a recipe that no one seems to know about and is so good to eat but because it is so simple that it won't win unless the judges try it themselves.

My wife and I discovered this while staying at my house in Sheffield years ago.

I've written about this before but no one seems to have tried it and probably because it just sounds so simple and ordinary.

Do you like cheese? Do you like bread ? LIke grilled cheese sandwiches?
Well, this is something like it but something that is quite different.

TRY IT.

Fried Cheese Bread

Ingredients:
1) New York extra sharp cheddar cheese (in the USA) or New Zealand cheddar inna Jamaica. Do not use any other kind of cheese especially American cheese or that processed cheese that is so popular in Jamaica because they lack the oil that cheddar has and which is essential to this recipe. American cheese will burn and the Jamaican cheese refuses to melt unless you use a blow torch.

2) Sliced sourdough bread or any good substantial bread you like (USA) or
cocobread in Jamaica.
Personally I prefer cocobread.

That's it for ingredients.

Cooking:

Get a cast iron frying pan if you have one OR a teflon frying pan if you haven't.
Either will work.

Put it on a low flame.

Cut the cheese in slices about 1/8&quot; thick and enough to cover the bread slice or a cocobread cut in half the flat way.

Place the cheese on the frying pan. NO, not the bread, the CHEESE. That's right put the cheese right on the frying pan and then put the bread on top of it.

Let it cook s--l--o--w--l--y . The cheese will melt and some of the oil and cheese will separate and run out from under the bread but most will be absorbed by the bread. Just leave it alone and go get a cup of coffee.

Check it in about oh, six minutes and when you can see the edges just turning brown,
flip it over. SURPRISE! it didn't stick!
Don't flip it over too soon. Wait for signs of browning.
When you do flip it over and find that the cheese is not completely golden brown, flip it back over and cook it a bit more.

When it is all golden brown. Eat it.
Great for breakfast with eggs. Great with ham and eggs on it . Great with Grace hot sauce dotted on it.
The cocobread version has about 400 calories if you do both halves so don't be smoking any appetite stimulator.

Report back on this when you've tried it.

I introduced my sister to it when I visited her in Florida and she or I made it every morning for about a week straight at her request.
She put on a few pounds while I was there.

I spoke to her the other day and she said; &quot; Guess what I'm eating right now&quot;